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Rhode Island & Connecticut’s 704 MW Revolution Wind achieves first ‘steel in the water’

Baua Electric

MAY 16, 2024

Photo: Revolution Wind The 704-megawatt (M) Revolution Wind, Rhode Island and Connecticut’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm, just hit a major milestone. Revolution Wind’s site is more than 15 miles south of Rhode Island and 32 miles southeast of Connecticut.

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MITEI study finds hydrogen-generated electricity is a cost-competitive candidate for backing up wind and solar

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2021

A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. California draws more than 20% of its electricity from solar and approximately 7% from wind, with more VRE coming online rapidly. Gençer and Drake D. —Drake Hernandez.

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The US’s largest offshore wind farm just got its first monopile

Baua Electric

MAY 23, 2024

gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), which will be the US’s largest offshore wind farm, has installed its first monopile foundation. Once construction is complete in 2026, the US’s largest offshore wind farm will provide clean electricity for around 660,000 households and will support 1,100 jobs.

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In a ‘monumental shift’, EU coal and gas collapse as wind and solar ascend

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

What’s more, for the first time, wind power, which grew by 18%, surpassed gas, which only accounted for 17% of Europe’s electricity. Wind and solar power are now taking center stage. Solar covered 9% of the EU’s electricity needs. That collapse resulted in an impressive 19% reduction in the EU’s power sector emissions.

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EGEB: It gets real – Vineyard Wind orders its Haliade-X wind turbines

Electrek

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm orders 62 13 MW wind turbines. Clean energy sourcing is key to reaching climate goals, finds a new report. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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EGEB: First major US offshore wind farm achieves $2.3B financial close

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): At $2.3B, Vineyard Wind is one of the largest clean energy project investments in the US. Rochester is New York State’s largest municipality to launch a community choice clean energy program. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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This utility in the US Midwest is going to add 3.6 GW of wind and solar

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Photo: Xcel Energy Xcel Energy just announced its big solar and wind plans in the US Midwest – here’s the lowdown. It also says it’s on track to achieve its clean energy goals for all the Upper Midwest states it serves – Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Michigan. Get started here. –

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EGEB: New Jersey approves US’s largest combined offshore wind farm

Electrek

JULY 1, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): New Jersey approves US’s largest combined offshore wind project, Atlantic Shores and Ocean Wind II. Transitioning to clean energy will grow the global economy, as investments will pay off, reports IRENA. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

New Jersey

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EGEB: Ireland launches its first offshore wind auction

Electrek

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Ireland opens a consultation of its first offshore wind auction. North Carolina’s governor is about to sign a major clean energy bill. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Space-based Solar Power: A Great Idea Whose Time May Never Come

Cars That Think

JUNE 1, 2024

The scene: A space-based solar power station called the Converter being commissioned some time in the Future. The plot: The astronauts are training Cutie to take over the station’s operations, which involve collecting solar energy in space and then directing it as intense beams of microwaves down to Earth. For example, U.K.-based

IDEA

IDEA Solar Power Powered

EGEB: Minnesota wins by compromising over a wind and solar farm and a historic site

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): A big clean energy project will go forward in Minnesota without impacting an ancient site. Ørsted completes a 227 MW solar farm in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, for Facebook. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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In 2023, investment in clean energy manufacturing shot up 70% from 2022

Baua Electric

MAY 6, 2024

Photo: Heliene Booming investment in solar and battery manufacturing is rapidly becoming a powerful global economic driver, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Spending on solar PV manufacturing more than doubled last year, while investment in battery manufacturing rose by around 60%.

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The US just proposed 18 GW of new offshore wind sales

Baua Electric

MAY 1, 2024

Hywind floating offshore wind turbine by U.S. The US announced two proposals for offshore wind sales that could generate more than 18 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy – enough to power more than 6 million homes. It’s the first in a five-year lease schedule that could see up to 12 separate offshore wind auctions.

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EGEB: Oil kingdom Saudi Arabia launches its first wind farm, the Middle East’s largest

Electrek

AUGUST 9, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Saudi Arabia’s first wind farm is now connected and producing clean energy. Arizona may get its very first electricity provider that offers 100% clean energy. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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EGEB: New York City announces a massive clean energy plan

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Two huge infrastructure plans will power New York City with wind, solar, and hydropower. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. China pledges to end funding for overseas coal plants.

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The size of Washington State’s largest wind farm just got cut by 50%

Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Washington State’s energy board cut the size of what would have been the state’s largest wind farm in half yesterday – here’s why. Wind farm controversy in Washington State The $1.7 billion, 1,150-megawatt (MW) Horse Heaven Clean Energy Center combines wind, solar, and battery storage.

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EGEB: Kansas’s first big wind farm turns 20. Here’s how it’s going

Electrek

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Gray County Wind Farm in Kansas is celebrating its 20th birthday. Clean energy now provides 25.22% of total US available installed generating capacity. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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A 147.5 MW wind farm is breaking ground in Oklahoma – a first for Avangrid

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Photo: Avangrid Orange, Connecticut-based clean energy giant Avangrid just made its first leap into Oklahoma with a new wind farm project. Avangrid, which is part of the Iberdrola Group, is setting up the Pontotoc Wind project in Pontotoc County, southeast of Oklahoma City. Get started here. – The post A 147.5

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EGEB: Indian fossil-fuel billionaire to invest $10.1B in clean energy

Electrek

JUNE 28, 2021

billion in clean energy. Enel Russia launches a 90 megawatt wind farm in western Russia. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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New Jersey resuscitates offshore wind with two new projects

Baua Electric

JANUARY 25, 2024

Photo: Ocean Wind 1 Ørsted dealt New Jersey a massive blow by canceling 2.2 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind last year, but the state just added 3.7 New Jersey was expected to announce another offshore wind solicitation at the beginning of 2024, and it’s delivered. GW of new projects to its pipeline.

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Avangrid just broke ground on its first solar farm in California

Baua Electric

APRIL 10, 2024

Photo courtesy of Tom Brewster/BLM California Avangrid (NYSE: AGR), one of the US’s largest clean energy operators, has begun construction on its first solar farm in California. GW of installed capacity of renewables in the US, is building the 57-megawatt (MW) Camino Solar Project in Kern County, California. Get started here. –ad*

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A huge new 1.2 GW offshore wind farm is headed to New England

Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

Photo: Avangrid Vineyard Offshore, which developed Vineyard Wind 1, has submitted a proposal for a 1.2 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm to three New England states. GW of offshore wind capacity. Vineyard Wind 2 was proposed to each state and to the three states together under the New England solicitation process.

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EGEB: 3 ways clean energy is making US grids more resilient right now

Electrek

JULY 23, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Here are 3 ways clean energy is boosting grid resilience right now in the face of extreme weather. million in grants to support offshore wind workforce training. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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This old Texas wind farm now makes more power with fewer turbines

Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

An old wind farm in Texas just got a second life, and its capacity has gone from 160 megawatts (MW) to 182 MW. An old Texas wind farm gets a second wind The Brazos Wind Farm is in Fluvanna, in Borden and Scurry counties, in West Texas. But… thirty-eight wind turbines x 5 MW = 180 MW. It sits on around 10,000 acres.

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BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2020

The falling cost of making hydrogen from wind and solar power offers a promising route to cutting emissions in some of the most fossil-fuel-dependent sectors of the economy, such as steel, heavy-duty vehicles, shipping and cement, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). kg in most parts of the world before 2050.

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Texas installs another big solar + battery storage project

Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

Photo: Enel North America Power-hungry Texas needs solar and battery storage to help meet demand and balance the grid, so its largest utility-scale storage operator is delivering. Enel North America has started constructing the Ables Springs Solar + Storage Project in Kaufman County, near Dallas. Get started here. –ad*

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EGEB: Biden administration opens up the US Pacific coast to offshore wind

Electrek

MAY 26, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US Pacific Coast is approved for commercial-scale offshore clean energy projects for the first time. New US wind and solar scheduled for connection to the grid has reached record levels. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Wind Solar Grid Personal

Hydro-Québec will support the clean hydrogen sector in Québec

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2019

In addition to having access to Québec’s vast water resources to generate green, renewable power at competitive prices, Hydro-Québec has everything it needs to support the development of green hydrogen. Hydro-Québec’s Strategic Plan 2020–2024 outlines five applications for clean hydrogen: Ammonia and methanol production.

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Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Gas-Electric

Honda secures auto industry’s largest renewable energy purchase; 60% reduction in CO2 from N.A. manufacturing operations

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Seeking to slash CO 2 emissions from its North American manufacturing operations, Honda has entered into long-term virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for renewable wind and solar power that will cover more than 60% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America. will deliver to the grid by the end of 2020.

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Purchase Honda Renewable Manufacturer

The world’s largest EV battery maker will build its own $1.83B offshore wind farm

Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

billion offshore wind farm. The Chinese EV battery and battery storage giant’s offshore wind farm, which will be sited near the company’s headquarters in Ningde in southeastern Fujian Province, will provide clean energy to power its own operations, reports Caixin. CATL is required to start construction within two years.

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These canceled New York offshore wind farms totaling 1.7 GW just officially made a comeback

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Rendering: South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, Empire Wind Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 and Eversource and Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind previously canceled their offshore wind contracts with New York, but now they’re back. Sunrise Wind is scheduled to come online in 2026, and Empire Wind in 2027.

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Virginia could make almost $5B from this 3.5 GW offshore wind farm

Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

gigawatt (GW) Kitty Hawk Wind could deliver around $5 billion in economic impact across Virginia – here’s where the project stands. The 180-turbine Kitty Hawk Wind is an offshore wind project proposed in federal waters over 36 miles from Virginia Beach. Kitty Hawk Wind would deliver about $4.8

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EGEB: GE finalizes contracts for phase 3 of world’s largest offshore wind farm

Electrek

MAY 19, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): GE will provide 87 Haliade-X 14 MW for the third and final phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm. Rhode Island gets more than 100 megawatts of solar as it works toward 100% clean electricity by 2030. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

Rhode Island

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EGEB: The US’s first offshore wind farm is currently offline; here’s why

Electrek

AUGUST 10, 2021

Tampa just committed to 100% clean energy by 2035, but there’s a hitch. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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The ‘world’s largest’ ultra-high-altitude wind farm just came online in Tibet

Baua Electric

JANUARY 2, 2024

The world’s largest ultra-high-altitude wind farm came online on January 1 in Tibet, or what China now refers to as the Xizang Autonomous Region. The 100-megawatt (MW) wind farm is at an altitude of 4,650 meters (15,256 feet) in the Seni District. million wind farm was built in around 260 days despite the harsh conditions.

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Tesla looks to grow its certified Solar Roof installation partners

Teslarati

JANUARY 31, 2023

Back in December, Tesla confirmed that its energy business had completed over half a million installations of solar panels and Solar Roof systems. To help ramp its Solar Roof installations, Tesla needs people to install them. The Tesla Solar Roof is the company’s flagship residential solar product.

Solar

Solar Installation Tesla Energy Storage

Virginia is getting a 764 MW bump in solar power capacity

Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

Photo: Dominion Energy Virginia Virginia has approved over a dozen new solar projects that will significantly boost Dominion Energy’s clean energy capacity. The solar farms are expected to come online by 2026. gigawatts (GW) of approved solar farms in Virginia – enough to power more than 1.1 million homes at peak output.

Virginia

Virginia Solar Power Powered

IEA: nuclear power can play a major role in transition to low emissions energy systems; Russia, China leading on new reactor starts

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2022

In countries that choose to continue or increase their use of nuclear power, it can reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, cut carbon dioxide emissions and enable electricity systems to integrate higher shares of solar and wind power. However, a new era for nuclear power is by no means guaranteed.

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EGEB: DOE helps 11 US remote and island communities adopt clean energy

Electrek

APRIL 28, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US Department of Energy helps 11 remote and island communities transition to clean energy. Work begins on Japan’s first large offshore wind farms today. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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EGEB: GE makes the world’s most powerful wind turbine but doesn’t have a full net zero plan

Electrek

MAY 5, 2021

Great Britain’s wind farms set a new clean energy record by generating 48.5% UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Qcells to supply Microsoft with a whopping 12 GW of solar panels

Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

In a massive new deal, Solar giant Qcells will supply Microsoft with 12 gigawatts (GW) of solar panels over eight years. Qcells’ largest agreement ever will supply Microsoft with enough solar panels to power the equivalent of more than 1.8 Qcells expects to bring its total solar panel production capacity in Georgia to 8.4

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Consortium developing green hydrogen megaproject in Oman

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2021

An international consortium comprising OQ, which is the Sultanate of Oman’s global integrated energy company, InterContinental Energy, the leading dedicated green fuels developer, and EnerTech, a Kuwait government-backed clean energy investor and developer, is developing an integrated green fuels mega project in Oman. trillion market by.

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Solar PV, Wind, and Biofuel Markets Expand by 11.4% to $139.1B in Collective Global Revenues in 2009

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2010

In 2009, combined global revenue for the three major clean-energy sectors—solar photovoltaics (PV), wind power, and biofuels—grew by 11.4% billion by 2019, according to the Clean Energy Trends 2010 report issued by Clean Edge Inc., a research and publishing firm devoted to the clean-tech sector.

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Southern California Edison introduces clean energy proposal to meet state’s climate, air quality goals; >7M EVs (24%) by 2030

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

SCE describes its Clean Power and Electrification Pathway in a white paper. The approach builds upon existing state programs by identifying cost-effective actions to increase clean energy in the electric system and to leverage that clean electricity in the transportation and building sectors to achieve needed emissions reductions.

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Clean Cleaning California Climate

Rhode Island & Connecticut’s 704 MW Revolution Wind achieves first ‘steel in the water’

MITEI study finds hydrogen-generated electricity is a cost-competitive candidate for backing up wind and solar

The US’s largest offshore wind farm just got its first monopile

In a ‘monumental shift’, EU coal and gas collapse as wind and solar ascend

EGEB: It gets real – Vineyard Wind orders its Haliade-X wind turbines

EGEB: First major US offshore wind farm achieves $2.3B financial close

This utility in the US Midwest is going to add 3.6 GW of wind and solar

EGEB: New Jersey approves US’s largest combined offshore wind farm

EGEB: Ireland launches its first offshore wind auction

Space-based Solar Power: A Great Idea Whose Time May Never Come

EGEB: Minnesota wins by compromising over a wind and solar farm and a historic site

In 2023, investment in clean energy manufacturing shot up 70% from 2022

The US just proposed 18 GW of new offshore wind sales

EGEB: Oil kingdom Saudi Arabia launches its first wind farm, the Middle East’s largest

EGEB: New York City announces a massive clean energy plan

The size of Washington State’s largest wind farm just got cut by 50%

EGEB: Kansas’s first big wind farm turns 20. Here’s how it’s going

A 147.5 MW wind farm is breaking ground in Oklahoma – a first for Avangrid

EGEB: Indian fossil-fuel billionaire to invest $10.1B in clean energy

New Jersey resuscitates offshore wind with two new projects

Avangrid just broke ground on its first solar farm in California

A huge new 1.2 GW offshore wind farm is headed to New England

EGEB: 3 ways clean energy is making US grids more resilient right now

This old Texas wind farm now makes more power with fewer turbines

BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

Texas installs another big solar + battery storage project

EGEB: Biden administration opens up the US Pacific coast to offshore wind

Hydro-Québec will support the clean hydrogen sector in Québec

Honda secures auto industry’s largest renewable energy purchase; 60% reduction in CO2 from N.A. manufacturing operations

The world’s largest EV battery maker will build its own $1.83B offshore wind farm

These canceled New York offshore wind farms totaling 1.7 GW just officially made a comeback

Virginia could make almost $5B from this 3.5 GW offshore wind farm

EGEB: GE finalizes contracts for phase 3 of world’s largest offshore wind farm

EGEB: The US’s first offshore wind farm is currently offline; here’s why

The ‘world’s largest’ ultra-high-altitude wind farm just came online in Tibet

Tesla looks to grow its certified Solar Roof installation partners

Virginia is getting a 764 MW bump in solar power capacity

IEA: nuclear power can play a major role in transition to low emissions energy systems; Russia, China leading on new reactor starts

EGEB: DOE helps 11 US remote and island communities adopt clean energy

EGEB: GE makes the world’s most powerful wind turbine but doesn’t have a full net zero plan

Qcells to supply Microsoft with a whopping 12 GW of solar panels

Consortium developing green hydrogen megaproject in Oman

Solar PV, Wind, and Biofuel Markets Expand by 11.4% to $139.1B in Collective Global Revenues in 2009

Southern California Edison introduces clean energy proposal to meet state’s climate, air quality goals; >7M EVs (24%) by 2030

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